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How to successfully build a great management team
A company is not a democracy – it's better. In a democracy, the majority wins. In a good management team, all positive input wins, and all negative input is dismissed. Achieving that ...
Crisis did not cut hours during the economic downturn
During the global financial crisis workers who stayed in their jobs did not reduce their working hours, despite widespread government and commentator claims that cuts in hours had ...
Less than a month left to take advantage of 50% tax break
NSW Business Chamber is reminding NSW’s small business owners that they have less than a month left to take advantage of the Federal Government’s 50 percent small business tax break ...
Australia not 'out on its own' on climate change legislation
New climate change legislation will not leave Australia 'out on its own', a review of similar regulation around Asia has revealed.
Fair Work AUS’s minimum wage panel appointed
The Minister for Workplace Relations, Julia Gillard, has announced the three specialist members of Fair Work Australia's Minimum Wage Panel.
Manufacturing growth remains modest but currency bites
Manufacturing activity grew for the fourth consecutive month in November with the latest Australian Industry Group - PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing ...
SA makes plans to clean-up in the clean up business
South Australia has all the skills, resources and institutional framework required to create a new national export industry servicing the land and water clean-up needs of site ...
How to deal with unproductive staff
Dealing with an unproductive staff can be a challenge for even the most experienced leader. There could be many reasons that are feeding the productivity problem, and once the issue ...
Govt construction drives non-residential building rebound
The dramatic plunge in Australia's non-residential building sector during 2008/09 is set to be halted by the large injections of government funds flowing into the education and health ...
“Go Home On Time Day” represents 1950s mentality
NSW’s largest business organisation, NSW Business Chamber, said attempts to regiment Australian workers back into a strict 9-5pm working day focused on hours worked rather than on ...
CPRS deal: Small business left exposed
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Australia’s largest and most representative business organisation, has called on the Australian Government and Federal Opposition ...
The Great Escape – how AUS exporters thrived in the GFC
This year – the year of the global financial crisis (GFC) – was meant to be the year of trade Armageddon.
Research centre launch to boost AUS manufacturing
Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has launched the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AusAMRC), established to design and ...
Human emissions rise 2% despite GFC
Despite the economic effects of the global financial crisis (GFC), carbon dioxide emissions from human activities rose 2 per cent in 2008 to an all-time high of 1.3 tonnes of carbon ...
Innovations and trends in multi-rise construction
Innovative practices and new technologies are making Australian concrete framed construction among the most cost effective and efficient multi-rise solutions in the world today.
Emerging markets: Mixed results as world trade recovers
This month's issue of the Export Finance & Insurance Corporation (EFIC) newsletter, World Risk Developments, looks at a series of both positive and negative developments for investors ...
Stevedoring information booklets formally launched
Chair of Safe Work Australia, Mr Tom Phillips AM, has announced the release of three guidance publications for the stevedoring industry – Working Safely on the Waterfront, Working ...
Highlighting AUS water management skills to the US
A water delegation of prominent officials from the United States and Mexico has been assembled by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), to showcase Australian expertise in ...
Good managers form the key to better business
An international survey of Australian manufacturing companies confirms that good managers are the key to successful businesses and highlights where Australian managers need to improve. ...
$20.6 million in climate ready grants to support 324 jobs
The Climate Ready Program offers matching grants from $50,000 to $5 million to support research and development, proof-of-concept and early-stage commercialisation activities to ...
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